Chapter 591 Ogata: I'm just a mediocre swordsman [5600]
"Mr. Saburo, what should we do now?"
On the stowaway boat, two guards asked anxiously to a middle-aged man in front of them with half-white beard and hair.
This middle-aged man known as "Mr. Saburo" is, simply put, the general person in charge and the captain of this stowaway ship.
At this moment, looking at the pirate ship that was almost touching their faces, Saburo's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out from his body.
Anyone who is not blind or mentally ill can see that this pirate ship, which is twice as fast as their stowaway ship, is much faster than their stowaway ship. Their small ship
A small stowaway boat cannot escape that pirate ship no matter what.
After some entanglement and hesitation, Saburo let out a long sigh:
"...furl the sails and stop the ship..."
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The stowaways sitting in the cabin clearly felt that the shaking of the ship beneath them became smaller and smaller.
The ship stopped moving forward.
The sudden stop of the ship made the uneasy atmosphere in the cabin instantly more intense.
Some of the less courageous people even began to sob now.
Of course - if there are those who are timid, there will naturally be those who are bold.
"This should...not be caused by me, right...?" Azhu covered his mouth with both hands, looking ashamed, "I was just joking...I usually always say that I want to pick it up on the ground.
Money, but it has never been successful..."
"Why did I just make a joke today about 'I'm worried about pirates coming to my door', but pirates really came..."
After murmuring in an aggrieved tone, Azhu stood up.
"Mr. Goro, Miss Atachi." Asuki said to Ogata beside him, "You stay here, I'll go outside and take a look!"
After saying that, Azuki put on a firm expression of "This is my fault, I can't escape." Without waiting for Ogata and others to respond, he shook off his black robe and ran towards the door of the cabin.
"Wait! I'll go with you..."
Before Ogata could say his last words, "I'll go with you," Azuki's figure completely disappeared from his sight.
"...What a lively child." After complaining in a helpless tone, Ogata turned to look at Atachi, "How do you feel now? Can you sit up or stand up?"
"Don't expect me to have any outstanding performance on the ship..." A-Machi said with a wry smile.
"Then you can continue to rest here." Ogata raised his hand and grabbed the cloth bag containing Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zi, "I will come back as soon as I go."
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At the same moment when Azuki left the cabin first——
"...Grandpa." Isshiki said solemnly to Naoshu beside him, "Let's go to the deck and take a look."
"Okay." Zhizhou nodded without any hesitation.
Isshiki and Naoshu each grabbed a large cloth bag on their sides, and then quickly ran out of the cabin in three steps and two steps at a time.
There are several brave people like Ogata, Isshiki, Ashuki and others who rushed to the deck to find out what happened.
After quickly running out of the cabin and boarding the deck, Isshiki saw a "mountain" standing on the left side of the stowaway boat at their feet.
--so big!
Isshiki exclaimed in his heart full of astonishment.
That "mountain" is none other than Antong's pirate ship.
Isshiki stared blankly at the ship in front of him, which was as big as a hill in his eyes, with a look of shock on his face.
Since the promulgation of the Seclusion Order in the 10th year of Kanei (1633 AD), the long-term seclusion has not only caused the Japanese shipbuilding industry to be extremely backward in this era, but also caused the vast majority of Japanese in this era to have little vision.
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The crew of the stowaway ship, which was mainly guarded, as well as the stowaways like Isshiki who ran to the deck to check the situation, all looked like they were seeing gods after seeing this pirate ship.
General expression.
Yitong has now left the bow of the ship and is standing on the side of the deck opposite the stowaway boat.
He had been paying close attention to the expressions of the people on the stowaway boat since just now.
Seeing the shocked faces on the stowaway boat, Yan Tong felt extremely happy. He was glad that he had spent all his savings to buy this ship from the Dutch, and it was indeed the right purchase.
But at this moment, Yitong suddenly discovered that there was a person on the stowaway boat who did not show a shocked expression.
This guy with an ordinary appearance was moving his eyes and scanning Yitong's ship with a calm expression.
This person is none other than Ogata.
In the eyes of other Japanese people of this era, this sailing ship of Yitong may be regarded as a giant.
But for people like Ogata, who have seen aircraft carriers with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons and other 21st century warships through various channels such as TV sets and the Internet in their previous lives... After seeing Yitong's ship, Ogata only had
My impression was - "Ah, it's a three-masted sailboat."
Although Ogata didn't show any shocked expression towards his battleship like others, which made Yitong a little unhappy, Yitong didn't take it too seriously and only regarded Ogata as someone with a slightly slow mind.
people.
"Ahem..."
After clearing his throat, Yitong shouted to everyone on the deck of the stowaway boat:
"Who's in the captain's cabin of your ship?!"
After Saburo hesitated for a while, he gritted his teeth and walked out of the queue.
Before he could say anything, Yitong continued to shout triumphantly:
"Call me the rest of the stowaways in your cabin!"
"What stowaway?" Saburo forced himself to calm down, "Sir, you..."
"Don't pretend to be stupid with me!" Yitong interrupted Sanlang rudely, "I've been roaming the sea for many years! What kind of ship is this ship of yours? I still can't tell?!"
"Stop wasting your time with me! Call me everyone on your ship quickly!"
Speaking of this, the smile on Yitong's face slowly turned ferocious.
"As long as you cooperate well, I won't hurt you!"
"I will only take women who can be sold for money. As for the belongings on the ship, I will not take away or harm the other people on the ship."
"Of course, the premise is - you all have to listen to me!"
"Otherwise, my 63 brothers and I will kill you all! Then burn your ships into firewood!"
After finishing his words, Yi Tong winked at the one-eyed man behind him.
The one-eyed man nodded, turned his head and shouted at the 17 subordinates behind him: "Follow me!"
Then, the one-eyed man took the lead and pulled out the knife from his waist. After a run-up, he jumped off the side of the ship and onto the deck of the stowaway ship, while his 17 subordinates followed closely behind.
Antong's pirate ship and the stowaway boat are now almost touching each other, so as long as you climb over the side of the ship and jump down, you can jump onto the deck of the stowaway boat.
After 18 pirates, including One Eye, jumped onto the deck of the stowaway ship, the atmosphere on the deck instantly became tense.
The reason why Yitong let Duyan and others board the deck of the stowaway ship was to put pressure on everyone on the stowaway ship.
And when he just said "I and the 63 brothers under my command will kill all of you", he also deliberately exposed their number to the people on the stowaway boat so that they could retreat in the face of difficulties.
As for Yitong's "psychological warfare", I have to say - its results perfectly met his expectations.
After Duyan and others jumped onto the deck of the stowaway boat, Saburo and others felt like they were mourning for their heirs.
One-eye is Yitong's right-hand subordinate and his right-hand man.
His height, converted into modern earth units, is a full 1.9 meters, far exceeding the average Japanese male of this era.
Not only is he tall, but he is also strong. Even if he is wearing clothes, he can clearly feel the strong muscles under his clothes.
There is only one eye socket with an eyeball, and the horrifying appearance of nothing in the other eye socket also adds a lot of ferocity to his face.
A man with such a terrifying appearance made the hands and legs of some of the stowaway ship's guards tremble just by standing on the deck.
Saburo was sweating profusely now.
There were only 8 guards on and off their entire ship.
And now there are 18 people on the deck of their ship alone.
According to what Yitong just said, he counted 63 subordinates. The difference in numbers between the two sides can be described as a huge difference.
What's more, there is a huge gap visible to the naked eye in the quality of the combatants on both sides.
The eight guards on the stowaway boat were all wandering wanderers with nowhere to go and nothing to do.
In this era of long-lasting peace, samurai generally have no actual combat experience.
These eight guards were all without exception - they were all warriors who had only wielded wooden swords and had no experience in fighting with real swords.
As for Yitong and others... As desperadoes who make a living by doing evil things, they can see far more blood than these guards on the stowaway boat.
The huge disparity in combat power that is visible to the naked eye makes these guards unable to muster any fighting spirit and determination to resist.
"Sir Saburo..." a guard standing at Saburo whispered, "Why don't we just do what they say... they are just a bunch of stowaways anyway... let them take away a few at will.
A woman..."
As soon as the guard finished speaking, several other guards also cast panicked glances at Saburo.
When they heard what Yitong had just said that they only wanted to rob "women who could be sold" and nothing else, everyone on the stowaway boat immediately realized that this group of pirates was the kind of pirates that specialized in human trafficking.
Saburo, who was hanging his head at this moment... was now extremely confused.
As a stowaway, his professional ethics told him that he should protect these guests who paid them to help them stow away.
But his desire for survival and rationality told him: He must not fight head-on with this group of pirates, but he must obediently do what they say, and maybe he can survive.
Two completely opposite ideas were entangled and struggling in Saburo's mind.
In the end - it was rationality and the desire to survive that defeated professional ethics.
If there was a head-to-head confrontation with these pirates, it would most likely not be the pirates who took Saburo's head, but the guards on their ship.
These guards are just "former ronin" who came to work under them just to earn a living.
If these guys who were just looking for a living were allowed to fight to the death with this group of pirates, Saburo could be sure that these "original ronin" would definitely not listen to his orders, and they might even beat him up. First of all,
Kill Saburo, and then say to these pirates with a smile on his face, "This man went crazy just now, and we had no intention of disobeying you."
After letting out a long sigh, Saburo said in a deep voice:
"...I understand. I will let the rest of the people in the cabin come out now..."
Seeing that Sanlang was subdued, Yitong smiled happily:
"One-Eye! Follow this old guy! Help this old guy drive the rest of the people on the ship to the deck! If anyone doesn't obey, give them a little pain!"
One-eye smiled ferociously, nodded, and then yelled at Saburo: "Old guy! Lead the way! Where are the other stowaways hiding?"
Saburo, whose face turned a dead gray, slowly turned around and prepared to take One Eye to the cabin where the stowaways were staying.
After Ashu boarded the deck, he pulled up the hood of the black robe and covered her entire little head. With the shield of this black robe, Yitong and the others did not notice that there was a person on the deck.
The "high-quality product" he always talks about.
Azhu, who is still at the age of a child, is now looking helpless and looking around in panic.
Faced with this sudden change in front of him, A Zhu was completely panicked.
——How about...escape...?
Such thoughts came into Ashu's mind.
But as soon as such an idea popped into Azhu's mind, she dismissed it herself.
Surrounded by the vast sea, where can you escape?
As for fighting this group of pirates...
Azhu never considered this idea from beginning to end...
When Azuki was at a loss, Isshiki, who was standing not far from her, had a look of anxiety on his face.
"Grandpa, let's repel this group of pirates...!" Gritting his teeth, Isshiki lowered his voice and growled at Naoshu next to him, "How can we just watch these beasts do evil...!"
"Don't be stupid." Naozhou replied without hesitation, "You just heard that there are 64 pirates in this group including the ugly man who just kept talking."
"With such a large number of people and fighting in such a small terrain, how can we easily defeat this group of pirates?"
"Here, this might be their bluff, they might not have that many people." Isshiki said anxiously.
"Even if there aren't that many people, the number of pirates carried by such a big ship is definitely far more than you and I can handle easily."
"For now, just be patient and wait and see what happens."
"Facing this kind of battle with huge disparity in combat power, we must learn to be patient and wait for opportunities."
Hearing what his grandfather said, even though Isshiki looked unwilling, he finally chose to bite the bullet and follow what his grandfather said, wait and see what happens and wait for opportunities.
but.
at this time.
Just when the others have either succumbed to the power of this group of pirates, are at a loss, or are waiting for an opportunity to take action——
"Ah. I remembered..."
A man's voice sounded.
Everyone on the deck, including Yitong from the pirate ship, and others, all looked at the owner of the male voice with different emotions.
"Mashima Goro...?" Isshiki asked in astonishment.
Azhu was now looking at the owner of the male voice with a surprised look on his face.
The owner of this male voice is none other than Ogata.
Ogata raised his head and looked at Yitong.
"Hey, is your name called Yitong Chougoro?"
Ogata directly called Yitong "you guy", which made Yitong slightly unhappy, but because he was in a good mood now, Yitong chose to ignore Ogata's rudeness.
"Huh? Do you know me?" Yi Tong crossed his arms, "Yes! I am none other than Yi Tong Chou Wulang! Hey, I didn't expect that there would be people in this remote country who could recognize me."
Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's really you..."
As early as when I heard Yitong claim that he only robbed women and nothing else, Oubong suddenly remembered - before, in Tuohe Village, I seemed to have heard the village chief of Tuohe Village say that a man appeared in the north of Ezo Land.
A group of pirates who specialize in robbing women.
But because it was so long ago, Ogata couldn't remember the name of the pirate for a while, and it was only just now that he finally remembered the name "Yitong Chougoro".
"Hey, boy." Yitong was somewhat interested in this young man who could actually recognize him, "How did you recognize me...Hey! Boy, what do you want to do?"
Yitong's expression changed.
Just because he saw - Ogata was silently untying a large cloth bag in his hand.
"While you can still breathe, take a few more breaths of fresh air."
Ogata said in a calm tone.
"Soon you won't be able to breathe anymore."
After finishing speaking, all the white cloths wrapping the contents in the bag fell down, revealing what was inside - Ogata's sword: Daishiten and Daizusu.
The thieves Ogata hated most were human traffickers.
If a thief was sentenced to be cut in half, Ogata would feel that the punishment was too severe and that the crime would not be punished.
But if a trafficker is sentenced to be cut in half, Ogata will feel that the punishment is a bit too light, and it is necessary to increase it by a hundred million points.
This group of pirates want to harm the ship that he and Atachi are on, and they are also a group of criminal traffickers - either of these two factors is enough to prevent Ogata from showing mercy to them.
On the pirate ship, looking at Ogata who had inserted Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zai back into his left waist, he was stunned, and then——
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Yitong laughed mockingly.
"What? Do you want to kill me?"
"Did you see it? I'm standing here now, come and kill me quickly!"
Yitong opened his arms and taunted Ogata underneath.
"Then just wait for me."
Ogata raised his hand and put it on the handle of Da Shiten's sword, slowly pulled the sword out of its sheath, and then set the sword.
On the deck, when everyone either gave in, was at a loss, or still wanted to wait and see what would happen, only one person chose to draw his sword against the bandits.
Isshiki stared blankly at Ogata, who was holding a sharp blade with no fear on his face.
There were a few hesitant colors in his eyes, but these hesitant colors were quickly replaced by determination.
He ran towards Ogata's side with a determined expression. While running towards Ogata's side, he quickly untied the large package he was carrying.
"Let me help you!" Isshiki, who was standing on Ogata's left hand side, put his right shoulder against Ogata's left upper arm - because he was shorter than Ogata, he couldn't do it with Ogata.
To a true sense of "side by side".
The cloth bag in Isshiki's hand was untied - what was inside was a black and white sword.
"Ryoma!" Naoshu was shocked by Isshiki's sudden move and his expression changed drastically.
Looking at Isshiki who suddenly stood next to him, Ogata's face was full of surprise at this moment.
"Hey." Isshiki inserted the black and white sword into his left waist and asked Ogata, "How is your swordsmanship?"
"Well... I feel like I am a mediocre swordsman, and I still have a long way to go." Ogata smiled, "But in terms of experience in fighting with others, I am fairly confident."
"A real sword duel is completely different from sparring with people in the dojo with wooden swords." Isshiki subconsciously took Ogata's "rich experience in fighting with people" just mentioned as the fact that he often sparred with people in the dojo.
"If you encounter any danger later, just call me."
As Isshiki spoke, he slowly drew his sword out of its sheath.
This is a beautiful knife with a blade as slender as a seedling.
The blade reflected the cold light under the light of the sky.
"I will do my best to help you."
"Are you willing to help me..." Ogata smiled.
"Why are you laughing?" Isshiki scolded angrily, "I'm not saying any polite words. If you are really in danger, tell me immediately and don't show off."
"...Yeah." Ogata suppressed his smile and nodded, "I understand. I will call you when I really need your help."
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The author originally wanted to post an update today, but his condition today is not very good... Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it is a rainy day in Guangzhou today. When it comes to rainy days, the author's throat will be particularly uncomfortable (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)
By the way - the author will never forget the explosive update dedicated to the leader, but after all, the author is not full-time, so there is not much time available for coding in one day. So regarding the explosive update, I can only
Said: I will do it as soon as possible (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)